 Baxter with Canada in 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Brittany Amanda Baxter | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | September 5, 1985 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Midfielder / forward | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2003–2006 | Nebraska Cornhuskers | 71 | (41) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2004–2006 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 17 | (4) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2008–2009 | Melbourne Victory | 9 | (2) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2009 | Piteå IF | 7 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2010 | SG Essen-Schönebeck | 0 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014 | Seattle Sounders Women | 3 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2002–2004 | Canada U-19 | 32 | (16) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2002–2014 | Canada | 132 | (5) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of April 26, 2015 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of November 26, 2014 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Brittany Amanda Baxter (née Timko) (born September 5, 1985)[1] is a Canadian retired soccer player who played professionally for five different clubs and earned 132 caps with the Canadian National Team.
Baxter's first senior club team was Vancouver Whitecaps Women. She also played on the University of Nebraska–Lincoln soccer team from 2003 to 2007, graduating in May 2007. She then signed for Melbourne Victory of Australia's newly formed W-League in October 2008,[2] linking up with her former coach Matt Shepherd.[3]
In the first half of the 2009–10 season Baxter played in Sweden's Damallsvenskan league for Piteå IF,[4] and in the second played for SG Essen-Schönebeck.[5] She left Essen-Schönebeck during the summer of 2010.[6]
Baxter was signed by the Seattle Sounders Women in the W-League on May 2, 2014.[7]
Baxter enjoyed international success at the youth level, where she played mostly as a forward. She earned the Adidas Golden Shoe as top scorer at the 2004 FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship with seven goals in four games.
Baxter won the gold medal at the 2011 Pan American Games soccer tournament when Canada defeated Brazil 4–3 in penalty kicks.
Baxter was a member of the two Olympic Teams for Canada, in 2008 and 2012. She won a bronze medal in 2012, when Canada defeated France 1–0 in the bronze medal match.
Baxter played in the FIFA Women's World Cup in 2007 and 2011.[8]
Baxter retired from professional soccer following the 2014 season. She finished her international career with 132 caps and 5 goals.[9] She was honoured by Canada Soccer in a halftime ceremony during a Canada vs. United States friendly on November 9, 2017, alongside teammates Chelsea Stewart and Kelly Parker.[10]
Since retiring from professional soccer, Baxter has moved into coaching. She is the Technical Director at the Port Moody Soccer Club in British Columbia.[11]
Baxter and her husband Sean, have two children, a son, Johnny and a daughter Zoe.[11]
